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OpenAI: GPT-5.5 vs Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)

Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, OpenAI: GPT-5.5 ranks #14 overall — ahead of Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) at #17. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $5/1M for OpenAI: GPT-5.5. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 offers the larger context window at 1.1M tokens.

Spec Comparison

OpenAI: GPT-5.5Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)
Authoropenaipoolside
Input price (per 1M tokens)$5Free
Output price (per 1M tokens)$30Free
Context window1.1M262K
Input modalitiesfile, image, texttext
Output modalitiestexttext
AA Intelligence54.8
AA Coding74.9
AA Agentic44.9
ReleasedApr 2026Apr 2026

Usage Rank by Task

TaskOpenAI: GPT-5.5Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)
Overall#14#17
Multi-step Planning#7
Agent Workflows#9
Frontend UI#7
Code Review & Security#7
Image Processing#5

FAQ

Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.